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M. M. COPP.

(No Model.)

WHIP.

" A'rnNr PFI MONROE M. COPP, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

WHIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 262,374, dated August 8, 1882.

Application led February 17, 1882. (No model.)

To all 'whom it may concern Be it known that I, MONROE M. COPP, a citizen of the United States, and residing' at Rochester, in the State of New York, have in vented a new and useful Improvement in Whips, of which the following is a speoication.

My invention relates to improvements in whips, and is fully illustrated by the accompanying drawings, of whieh- Figure 1 is a plan view, divided into sections at B B B2 B3, which relates to the construetion of the same. A shows a rod, ot' rattan, (or it may be ot' any suitable 1naterial,) made round o'r square, as the case may be, of any de. sired length.. On the outer surface are shown a number ot' wires running lengthwise of the rod, as seen at a a, section B, either embedded into the sume by pressure or lying in grooves made for that purpose. On the outside ofthe strength-wires I sometimes wind another wire to hold them in position. The structure thus formed is then wrapped with paper or cloth, as seen at c, section B2, or plaited. This rod so constructed will form the core of a whip, and may be built upon by adding other pieces, as

Fig. 2 is an end View, and shows the grooves or wires in position.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A whip or whip-core composed of rattan or analogous material, having embedded in the outer surface thereof elastic strengtheningwires, and provided with a suitable covering, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

2. A whip or whip-core with wires running along its outer surface, either embedded into or laid in grooves made for that purpose, and wound with wire to hold them in position, and wrapped with cloth or paper or plaited with thread or other suitable material, as set forth.

MONROE M. COPP.

Witnesses:

F. O. MCCLEARY, W. R. KEYWORTH. 

